Shielded file



Mud! 1929- v J. M; LAIDLAW 1,704,007

SHIELDED FILE Filed April 5, 1928 Patented Mar. 5, 1929.

hl'l'E STATES JAMES M. LAIDLAW, OF LOS ANGEL-ES, CALIFORNIA;

SHIELDED FILE.

Application filed April 5,

This invention relates to paper files, and more especially to that typeoi file comprising a pointed shaft extending rigidly from a supportingbase.

fin object 01" the invention is the provision of a file which comprisesa pointed shaft 6X- tending rigidly from a supporting base,.havingincorporated therewith a shield closely overlying the pointed end of:the shaft, so as to preclude the possibility of injuring the hand of theuser upon said pointed end.

Another object is the provision of a file of the character described,which is of very simple construction, including a very few componentparts, and which is of suchori'ian'iental design that it is adaptablefor use upon any typeoi' ol'lice desk.

With the "'3. ageing other objects in view which will be made n'ianilcstin the following detailed description and speci cally pointed out in theappended claiin, reference had to the accompanying drawings forillustrative embodiment of the invention, wherein Figure l is aperspective view of my proved, file with a sheet of paper positioned tiereupon.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged, top plan view of the file of Fig. 1.

, Fig. 3 is Q, and

a side. eleyationof the file oi front eleration the file of:

in terms of: broad inclusion, my invention c niempia the inclusion witha paper file i the weh known type, embodying a pointed swait rigid witha supporting baseoi": a shielo n'iount over the the user of the fileagainst injury upon point.

In. greater detail, the preferred cinbodiment of my improved filecomprises a base 6 formed of any suitable material such as cast iron orwoo A shaft 7 is rigid at its lower end with the base 6, and extendsvertically therefrom with the upper end 8 of the shaft sharpened to apoint to facilitate the piercing of sheets of paper in the act ofpositioning them upon the file.

A shield 11 is provided for the point 8 of the shaft 7. This shieldcomprises a strip 12 preferably of rigid inetal. The lower end 13 of theshield is enlarged to facilitate its being secured rigidly'to the base6st apoint spaced from the lower end of the shaft 7 Thestrip pointed endof the shaft to protect +11 i N beveled ed upon the same base and ext 5;

name to this specification.

1928. Serial No. 267,510;

12 extends an 'ularly from the base 6 .to a point adjacent thepointedend 8 of the shaft 7; andthe upper end 14: of the strip 12 isbent to extend substantially horizontally over the point 8 as clearlyshown in Fig. It is to be understood that the horizontal section M isspaced above the point 8, and the sloping portion of the strip 12 isspaced to one side oil the point 8. This makes it possible slip one ormore sheets of paper 16 betnmenv the point 8 and the shield 11, afterwhich the sheet sheets may be pressed. downwards onto the point 8, whichwill thus be caused to pierce the paper a point spaced from the edgethereof. Thus it may. be seen that a la; may be po. tioned' upon thefile, permitting the file to be used in the sanie way as theconventional sticker file, to retain the plurality of sheets of papertogether. The inclusion of the shield 11 however, precludes thepossibility of the users stabbing his hand with the point 8 of the shaft7, when positioning paper thereupon.

The frontl? and the rear edge 18 of the base 6, are preferably vertical.This facilitates grasping the base to lift the file. The side edges 19and the corner edges 21 between the side edges 19 and the front and rearedges 1 d 18 respectively, are preferably is clearly shown in Fig. 2.This construction provides a base which is not only very i l shaft? andSllllll uch an ornaments ed upon any ty .i any place it may be that itnlay be i: i desk, or in tact Vtrious change the details of constructionmay be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the inventionas defined by theappended claim.

I claim:

A file comprising .a base, a pointed, rigid shaft extending" vertically"from the base, and a shield e0: iprising strip rigid at one end withthe base at a point spaced from the bottom ol -the shaft andextending insingularity with said shait to a. point adjacent the pointed number ofsheets of paper 16 and iully capable of ri end of the shaft, the upperend o'tthe strip being spaced above andldisposed substantiah lyhorizontally over saidpoint.

In testimony whereof I have signed my n nes M. LAIDLAWQ, I

